Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:38:47 +0100 From: "Daniel S. Haischt" <sirabyss@gmx.net> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: AW: Sendmail and Cyrus IMAP Message-ID: <KBEJKFJFJEMGJGGGIEPKCEGOCAAA.sirabyss@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIEELGEBAA.patrick@mip.co.za>
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hello, > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]Im Auftrag von Patrick > O'Reilly > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2002 14:40 > An: FreeBSD Question List > Betreff: Sendmail and Cyrus IMAP > > > Hi all! > > I am running sendmail as MTA, and popper for POP3 - all is well. > > Now, I wish to delve into IMAP. I found Cyrus in the ports collection, > and all the write-up and the web site sounds great. > > OK - the question I need to ask: How does SMTP and/or the MTA function > happen when Cyrus runs? Will Cyrus provide and SMTP daemon, or will I > still run the Sendmail SMTP Daemon? no, cyrus does not provide any smtp functionality. you still have to use sendmail or postfix. > > I understand that Cyrus will replace the popper, and will provide IMAP > access instead of POP3, but I don't know how a mail from the outside > world will find its way into the Cyrus message store. cyrus provides a pop3 and imap daemon. postfix uses a mailbox_transport configuration option to process mails after they arrive. there you can configure to 'forward' mails to the cyrus system. sendmail has some similar configuration options. they are also documented on the cyrus web site (as i remember). regads daniel haischt -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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